Baldassarre Castiglione

Italian Renaissance author (1478-1529)

1478   -   1529

movement: High Renaissance
genre: treatise, epistolary genre, elegy
country of citizenship: Duchy of Milan
language of expression: Italian, Latin
occupation: diplomat, poet, writer
student of: Georgius Merula, Dimitrios Chalkokondyles

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Baldassare Castiglione (Italian: [baldasˈsaːre kastiʎˈʎoːne]; December 6, 1478 – February 2, 1529), count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author, who is probably most famous for his authorship of Il Cortegiano or The Book of the Courtier. The work was an example of a courtesy book, dealing with questions of the etiquette and morality of the courtier, and was very influential in 16th-century European court circles.
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